Indigo Girls - Cortez the killer

^EmHe came dancing across the water With his ^Dgalleons and guns ^AmLooking for a new world and a place in the sun ^EmAnd on the shore lay Montezuma With it's ^Dcoco leaves and pearls ^AmIn it's halls he often wandered with the secrets of the world ^EmAnd his subjects gather 'round him Like the ^Dleaves around the trees ^AmClothed in many colors for the angry gods to see ^EmAnd the women all were beautiful And the ^Dmen stood straight and strong ^AmHe offered life and sacrifice so that others might go on

^EmNow hate was just a legend And ^Dwar was never known ^AmThe people worked together and they lifted many stones ^EmAnd they carried them across the flatlands ^DBut they died along the way ^AmBuilt up with their bare hands what we still can do today And I ^Emknow she's living there And ^Dloves me to this day ^AmCan't remember when or how I lost my way

^EmThere was this man, he wasn't satisfied He^D crossed all the oceans to find something else with his ^Amgreedy hands and his raping heart and his mind that said war to take everything ^EmHe's looking down now And I'm sorry for every time I raped you And I'm sorry for every time I sold you ^AmAnd I'm sorry for every time I bought you And I'm sorry for every time I hurt you And I'm sorry for every time I'm sorry for every time I'm sorry for every time ^EmHe came dancing across the waters ^DCortez, Cortez Am [stop] What a killer